“Fear prophets, Adso, and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.”

— Umberto Eco, book The Name of the Rose

Temi, Adso, i profeti e coloro disposti a morire per la verità, ché di solito fan morire moltissimo con loro, spesso prima di loro, talvolta al posto loro. <br class="br"> William of Baskerville http://books.google.com/books?id=XY2vXKsHbzIC&q=&quot;Fear+prophets+adso+and+those+prepared+to+die+for+the+truth+for+as+a+rule+they+make+many+others+die+with+them+often+before+them+at+times+instead+of+them&quot;&pg=PA549#v=onepage <br class="br">Source: The Name of the Rose (1980)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 9, 2022. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Fear prophets, Adso, and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often …" by Umberto Eco?

Umberto Eco120

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic… 1932–2016

Related quotes

“If the truth shall kill them, let them die.”

Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) German philosopher

Generally attributed to Kant on social media, this is actually from a quotation by Ayn Rand paraphrasing Kant. Cited in Judgment Day: My Years with Ayn Rand http://books.google.com/books?id=d0tbAAAAMAAJ&q=%22If+the+truth+shall+kill+them,+let+them+die.%22&dq=%22If+the+truth+shall+kill+them,+let+them+die.%22&hl=de&sa=X&ei=6ax9VI6BE4SgyAPw_IKABg&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ (1989) by Nathaniel Brandon. <br class="br">Misattributed

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist

Misattributed

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

Not by Twain, but from Edward Abbey's A Voice Crying In The Wilderness (1989).
Misattributed

“I must die so as to see again those who died before, and to tell them the seed we sowed has taken root.”

Mengistu Neway (1919–1961) Commander of the Ethiopian Imperial Bodyguard

March 30, 1961, as quoted in Edmund J. Keller (1991) Revolutionary Ethiopia: From Empire to People's Republic, Indiana University Press, page 131

“When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can't make them change if they don't want to, just like when they do want to, you can't stop them.”

Andy Warhol (1928–1987) American artist

Source: Andy Warhol in His Own Words

“When people die, our dreams of what they could be die with them. Even if ours is the hand that ends them.”

Cassandra Clare book Lord of Shadows

Source: Lord of Shadows

“Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read. I would read them together with you, as many as I can, before I die.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: The Infernal Devices, Clockwork Princess (2013), p. 539, spoken by Will
reference to quote from Clockwork Angel
Context: I recall what you said to me once, that words have the power to change us. Your words have changed me, Tess; they have made me a better man than I would have been otherwise. Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read. I would read them together with you, as many as I can, before I die.